The Coalition may need to include Fianna Fáil or depend on its qualified support to form a post-election minority government, after the latest opinion poll claimed Fine Gael and its long-time rival hold 50% of the vote with Labour continuing to haemorrhage support.

The HSE’s apology to the parents of Alex Butler was not sincere; Joan Burton used the probe into the banking crisis to brand Fianna Fáil “liars”; a gunman opened fire at a cinema in Louisiana, killing two people and injuring seven others; and how selfies are about so much more than vanity. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.